Back in the spring of 1980 I used to run five laps around this park in the mornings with my very decent friend, Al Madrigal. We would run this to train for basketball pick-up games that we'd play in and around Azusa and the east side of LA. We used to run the stadium bleachers over at Citrus in the morning too. I think at one point we even attempted the switchbacks at Mt. SAC in Walnut. Those were the years when I had my 1980 green Volkswagen bug. Al had his dad's GMC propaned-fueled truck where Al enjoyed one of his favorite singers of those days,
BJ Thomas. He had several popular hits.
This was one of them.
I also ran cross country meets here. Actually, just one, an invitational. Arcadia was a dominant team back in 1971. Even though we had Alan Ashcraft, Tom Ashcraft, Marc Greene, and David Vandevere. Come to think of it, I think a big reason for why I even joined Duarte's cross country team was because Jimmy Flores was on the team. After that he played basketball. Then I too went out for the C basketball team. What a follower! Bah-bah-bah. Sheep.
Though I
didn't get a shot of the pool or the tennis courts, my mother used to take me
and my two younger brothers swimming here in the wading pools as children.
It is a fond memory, fully baked in warm sunlight of a doting mother
running around, making sure we had towels, were having fun, and did things
properly. Miss you, Mom. There was a different statue at this site
back in the 60s. You can see that statue here by scrolling
to the 8th photo from the top in this post.
I found the above picture from this page here.
I always thought lawn bowling was for seniors and it is, but those seniors know how to dress dapper. Yellow polyester pants, white shows, and a yellow cabana shirt. The stuff of stars.
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